Freedom IndexPolitics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
Marty Makary was appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2025. The prominent surgeon, medical researcher, bestselling…
Qatar and Israel are bitter rivals. While the Israeli government blames Qatar for backing “hatred, antisemitism and terror,” the Qatari monarch…
Some good news on immigration enforcement for the first time in what feels like a very long time comes in…
The proposal would add a new Business and Professions Code section that would say, in relevant part (emphasis added): It…
According to President Donald Trump, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey endorsed “a very serious violation of the Law” last week when…
Dramatic scenes have come to define the second Donald Trump administration’s immigration policy: federal troops patrolling the streets of American cities,…
A recent snow storm left long stretches of New York City’s public sidewalks covered in snow and ice, making them…
I have long been a subscriber to the New York Times. I read the online version daily, and closely follow…
Last week, I wrote about Yoram Hazony’s speech at the International Conference on Anti-Semitism. Hazony argued that critics simply have…
Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposal to abolish the state’s income tax and replace it with a sales tax. They’re…
As of this past Saturday, Associate Justice Samuel Alito has been on the Supreme Court for twenty years. He joined…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the political fallout from a shocking Texas special election, in which…